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MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Period: 1930s
Reiterweg (Roethel 111), Wassily Kandinsky
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original Limited Edition Woodcut on wove paper. Inscription: Signed in the block, as issued. Edition: 1,200. Excellent condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, Paris, N° 3, 193...
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1930s Modern Art

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Woodcut

'Abstract Boats' — 1930s American Modernism, WPA
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Leon Bibel, 'Abstract Boats', color serigraph, 1938, edition 12. Signed, dated, and numbered ' /12' in pencil. A fine, painterly impression, with fresh colors, on buff wove paper; t...
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1930s Modern Art

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Screen

Borès, La terre, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire, Vol. I, N° 1, December 1937. Printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, 1937. FRANCISCO BORES (1898-1972) was an important figure of twentieth-century European art. His presence was important among the second wave of Spanish artists who arrived in Paris in the 1920s, which also included Pablo Picasso, Ginés Parra, Pedro Flores...
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1930s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Derain, Au Jardin d'Allah, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate, with additional lithography by the artist on verso. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire, Vol. I, N° 4, 1939. Printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, 1939. ANDRE DERAIN (1880-1954) had a major role in the development of two of the most significant artistic movements of the early-20th century. He, Henri Matisse, and Maurice de Vlaminck were responsible for generating works with a totally new style which would become Fauvism and his association with Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque was integral to early Cubism. Nevertheless, his contribution as the generator of the ideas behind these movements is constantly debated, and some consider his work derivative. This is due in part to the fact that, continually in search of artistic meaning and attempting to create a timeless art removed from the specificity of the modern age, he experimented with different stylistic idioms. Whichever side of the Derain debate you end up on, we can all appreciate his use of expressive vibrant color, his simplification of form, and his fascination with primitive art were constants throughout his work and played a major role in the creation and propagation of early Modern Art.
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1930s Modern Art

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Lithograph

still life of flowers oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Agustí Ferré Pino (1884-1960) - Still life of flowers - Oil on canvas Oil measurements 61x50 cm. Restored. Frameless.
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1930s Modern Art

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Canvas, Oil

Trees Over the Vineyard
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Trees Over the Vineyard Watercolor on heavy paper, c. 1930 Signed with the estate stamp verso (see photo) Sheet size: 16 1/2 x 19 1/8 inches Condition: Excellent Illustrated: Marbell...
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1930s Modern Art

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Watercolor

Airacuda Fighter Planes Art Deco Machine Age 20th Century American Modernism
Located in New York, NY
Airacuda Fighter Planes Art Deco Machine Age 20th Century American Modernism Arthur Rosenman Ross (1913 - 1981) Bell YFM-1 Airacuda Fighter Planes 17 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches Gouache, Airbrush and Ink on Illustration Board, 1938 Signed A. Ross lower right Provenance: Estate of the artist. BIO Arthur Rosenman Ross was a key figure in automotive design at General Motors during America's "Golden Age" of auto design, the 1930's through the 1950s. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago from age 17, exhibiting a special interest for automotive renderings and the female figure. In 1934, he changed his name from Rosenman to Ross, fearing his Jewish ancestry could prejudice his career prospects. At age 20, he turned down job offers from MGM Studios in Hollywood and Duesenberg to work at General Motors alongside the Legendary Harley Earl in 1935. He was hand picked by Mr. Earl and assigned to GM's War and Camouflage Division in 1937 through WW2. It was during this pivotal period in which he executed some extraordinary military aircraft artworks, likely used between GM and America's military aeronautics companies in design preparation for WW2. General Motors played an important role in helping America's aircraft manufacturers preceding and during the war. Just after the war in 1945, Mr. Ross was rewarded by GM, being made Chief Designer of Cadillac, then two years later becoming Chief at Oldsmobile until his retirement in 1959. He was in large part responsible for some of GM's classic Cadillac designs such as the Cadillac Sixty Special, Fleetwood, LaSalle and GM's first concept car, the extraordinary Buick Y-Job. Mr. Ross was an exceptionally charismatic and vivacious man who quite by chance, befriended His idol, Salvador Dali at GM in 1955. They talked about art, cars and girls late into the evening, according to his son, Carter Ross. He had a gift in rendering the erotic arts...
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1930s Modern Art

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Ink, Gouache, Board

Le Singe
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this aquatint, grattoir and drypoint. Edition of 225. Printed by Lacourière, Paris. Published by Martin Fabiani, Paris. From "Histoire Naturelle." Catalogu...
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1930s Modern Art

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Drypoint, Aquatint, Etching

The Artist's Wife oil painting by Hans Burkhardt
Located in Hudson, NY
Hans Burkhardt The Artist's Wife (1930) Oil on canvas, 20" x 16" 24" x 20 ½" x 1 ½" framed Dated 1930 lower right recto. Annotated "To Elsa HB Louise Burkhardt 1930. HB" verso. ...
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1930s Modern Art

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Oil, Canvas

Italian Fascism Era - Litwinoff - Mussolini - Vintage Photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Italian Fascism Era - Litwinoff - Mussolini is a  vintage photo, realized in the 1930s . By Agence Trampus.
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1930s Modern Art

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Photographic Paper

Homage to the Spanish Republic by Julio De Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
An early work by Julio De Diego embodies the love he had for his homeland of Spain, as well as strong emotions against war. The peacefulness of the couple holding hands looking down ...
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1930s Modern Art

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Masonite, Oil

WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
Located in Chicago, IL
A tonal, watercolor of a steel mill by artist Harold Haydon. Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Chicago with his family in 191...
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1930s Modern Art

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Watercolor

Italian Fascism Era - The Conference - Vintage Photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Italian Fascism Era - The Conference is a  vintage photo, realized in the 1930s . Photo by Agence Trampus.
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1930s Modern Art

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Photographic Paper

The Roman festivals for the Anniversary of Fascism - Vintage Photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
the Roman festivals for the Anniversary of Fascism is a  vintage photo, realized in the 1930s . Photo by Agence Trampus.
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1930s Modern Art

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Photographic Paper

Italian Fascism Era - Meeting Mussolini and Raymond Poincaré - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Italian Fascism Era - Meeting Mussolini and Raymond Poincaré is a  vintage photo, realized in the 1930s . Photo by Agence Trampus.
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1930s Modern Art

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Photographic Paper

WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
Located in Chicago, IL
A tonal, watercolor of a steel mill by artist Harold Haydon. Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Chicago with his family in 191...
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1930s Modern Art

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Watercolor

WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
Located in Chicago, IL
A tonal, watercolor of a steel mill by artist Harold Haydon. Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Chicago with his family in 191...
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1930s Modern Art

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Watercolor

Portrait of a Woman  - Drawing by  Enzo Benedetto- 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Woman is an Artwork realized by the Italian Artist Enzo Benedetto. Pencil, ink and Tempera on paper. Hand signed on the right margin. The work is glued on cardboard. ...
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1930s Modern Art

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Pencil, Tempera, Ink

Clearing Skies, Chrysler Building, New York City, Pastel, Art Deco
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Vienna, Austria in 1892, Leon Dolice spent his late teens and early twenties traveling through the capital cities of Europe studying the works of the Masters. He immigrated t...
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1930s Modern Art

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Pastel

WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
Located in Chicago, IL
A tonal, watercolor of a steel mill by artist Harold Haydon. Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Chicago with his family in 191...
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1930s Modern Art

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Watercolor

Post Impressionist Large Modern Pink Flower Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist still life oil painting by Victor Thall (American, 1902-1983). Oil on canvas. Framed in a very nice period American frame. Great color and thick impast....
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1930s Modern Art

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Canvas, Oil

'Commissionaire’s Dog' Limited Edition Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
'Commissionaire’s Dog' Kurt Hutton, 1938 A hotel commissionaire talking to a small dachshund dog in Piccadilly Circus, London, 1938. A beautiful image of a commissionaire dressed ...
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1930s Modern Art

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Black and White, Silver Gelatin

A Book of Modern Views of New York City - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
A Book of Modern Views of New York City is a souvenir book published by I. S. SEIDMAN & CO. in 1937. Inside man photos of New York with descriptions. Good ...
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1930s Modern Art

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Paper

Church Bell - Drawing by Alberto Ziveri - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Church Bell is a drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in the 1930s. Watercolor on paper. Hand-signed. In good conditions.
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1930s Modern Art

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Watercolor, Paper

Sailing Boat - Etching - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Etching. Hand signed as L. de Mattia. Good condition.
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1930s Modern Art

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Etching

Nude of Woman - Drawing by Emile André Leroy - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is an artwok realized by the French Artist Emile André Leroy. Pastel Drawing on paper. Hand Signed in the left margin. Good conditions except fo a small tear in the r...
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1930s Modern Art

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Paper, Pastel

The Portrait - Painting by Alberto Ziveri - 1936
Located in Roma, IT
The Portrait is a painting realized by Alberto Ziveri in 1936. Oil on cardboard Hand-signed and dated In good conditions.
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1930s Modern Art

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Tempera, Oil, Paper

The Expectation - Drawing by Angelina Beloff - Early-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
he Expectation is an Artwork  realized by  the Russian Artist  Angelina Beloff. Drawing on paper.  The artist wants to define a well-balanced composi...
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1930s Modern Art

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Pencil

1936 Lithograph Interregnum Street Riot Protest Small Edition Weimar Germany
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand lithography on BFK Rives French hand moulded paper Style: German New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit) According to the frontis these were produced by Hand Lithography. According...
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1930s Modern Art

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Lithograph

WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
Located in Chicago, IL
A tonal, watercolor of a steel mill by artist Harold Haydon. Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Chicago with his family in 191...
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1930s Modern Art

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Watercolor

New York City Skyscrapers, July 1931, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography Framed
By Press Agency Keystone View Company
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Press Agency Keystone View Company. New York City skyscrapers, July 7th, 1931. Features: Original Silver Gelatin Print Photog...
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1930s Modern Art

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Silver Gelatin

Le Tronc de l'arbre - Etching by Paul Emile Colin - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
Le Tronc de l'arbre is an artwok realized in 1935, by the French Artist Paul Emile Colin . Black and white etching on paper. Hand Signed on the right corner. Limited edition of 35, ...
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1930s Modern Art

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Etching

Roses bouquet by Sully Bersot - Oil on canvas 44x54 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Sully Bersot is a Swiss painter born in 20th century. The work is sold by frame, Total size with frame is 58x68 cm
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1930s Modern Art

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Oil

Original Loeche-les-Baines vintage Swiss spa travel poster a.k.a. Leukerbad
Located in Spokane, WA
Original. LOECHE-LES-BAINES (a.k.a. Leukerbad) vintage travel poster. Mounted on acid free archival linen. Very good condition. Suisse, Switzerland original travel poster. Loeche...
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1930s Modern Art

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Offset

Painter - Drawing by Alberto Ziveri - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Painter is a drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in 1938. Ink and watercolor on paper. Hand-signed. In good condition.
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1930s Modern Art

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Charcoal, Ink, Paper, Watercolor

Flooded Mall London
Located in London, GB
A man crossing a stretch of floodwater with the help of two chairs after a storm caused flooding in the Mall, London. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Getty Images Archive London England) Pa...
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1930s Modern Art

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Silver Gelatin

Flood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This drawing is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness. Crayon on paper, 10 ½ x 9 inches (image), 14 x 11 inches (sheet), Signed...
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1930s Modern Art

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Crayon, Paper

Some Monograms - Lithograph by George Auriol - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Some Monograms is an artwok realized in early-20th century, by the French Artist George Auriol (1863-1935) . Lithograph on paper. Signed in plate on the left margin. The artist depi...
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1930s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Nude Walking, Early 20th Century Bronze Sculpture, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Max Kalish (American, 1891-1945) Nude Walking, 1930 Bronze Signed and dated on base 17 x 9 x 4 inches Born in Poland March 1, 1891, figurative sculptor Max Kalish came to the United...
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1930s Modern Art

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Bronze

Man Trimming Tree
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This drawing is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness. Crayon on paper, 11 5/8 x 9 inches (image), 14 x 11 inches (sheet), Signed lower right, Matted, but no...
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1930s Modern Art

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Crayon, Paper

An Eagle Ceremony at Tesuque Pueblo
Located in Fairlawn, OH
An Eagle Ceremony at Tesuque Pueblo Woodcut printed in two colors, 1932 Unsigned as usual; initialed in the plate lower left (see photo) As published by Elmer Adler in "The Colophon:...
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1930s Modern Art

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Woodcut

White Roses bouquet by Sully Bersot - Oil on canvas 32x35 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Sully Bersot is a Swiss painter born in 20th century. The work is sold by frame, Total size with frame is 43,5x46,5 cm
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1930s Modern Art

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Oil

The Old Days - Historical Photo - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Days - Historical Photo is a black and white vintage photo, realized in 1938.  It belongs to historical album including historical moment, royal families, and political even...
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1930s Modern Art

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Photographic Paper

She Gets Her Way (Couple with Vase)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This drawing is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness. Crayon on paper, 11 ½ x 9 inches (image), 14 x 11 inches (sheet), Signed...
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1930s Modern Art

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Crayon, Paper

Untitled (Hulda Goeller)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This sculpture is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness. Carved and painted wood and gesso, 23 x 15 3/4 x 3 inches, Signed verso "Carved by Charles L. Goeller...
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1930s Modern Art

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Gesso, Wood

Cityscape - Drawing by Alberto Ziveri - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Cityscape is a drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in the 1930s. Ink and watercolor on paper. Hand-signed. In good conditions.
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1930s Modern Art

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Ink, Paper, Watercolor

1936 Lithograph Interregnum, Cigar, Kid w Toy Gun, Small Edition Weimar Germany
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand lithography on BFK Rives French hand moulded paper Style: German New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit) According to the frontis these were produced by Hand Lithography. According...
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1930s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Green Tree - Painting by Alberto Ziveri - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
Green Tree is a drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in 1935. Tempera on paper. Hand-signed. In good conditions.
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1930s Modern Art

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Watercolor, Tempera, Paper

Walter DuBois Richards, The Lobster Float
Located in New York, NY
Ohio-born Walter DuBois Richards (1907-2006) was educated at the Cleveland School of Art. He re-located to New York around 1933 where he had a successful career as a commercial artis...
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1930s Modern Art

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Woodcut

Figures - Drawing by Alberto Ziveri - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in the 1930s. Ink and watercolor on paper. Hand-signed. In good conditions.
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1930s Modern Art

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Ink, Paper, Watercolor

Still Life with Egg Beater
Located in Chicago, IL
A graphite on pencil drawing of Surrealist still life of an egg beater by artist Jan Matulka. A leading Modernist, Jan Matulka was born in Prague Czechoslovakia in 1890. He studied...
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1930s Modern Art

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Graphite, Paper

Ex Libris - Attilii Vicentini - woodcut by Luigi Angelini - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Attilii Vicentini is an Artwork realized in 1930 s. by the Italian Architect Luigi Angelini(1884-1969)  Woodcut print on ivory paper. Hand Signed on the right corner and...
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1930s Modern Art

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Woodcut

Youth - Rare Book by Francesco De Sanctis - 1936
Located in Roma, IT
Youth is a book written by Francesco De Sanctis.  Autobiographical fragment entirely redone and annotated by Nino Cortese. Printed in Naples in the S.A. Graphic Workshops. ALberto ...
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1930s Modern Art

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Paper

WPA Era, Industrial Scene of a Steel Mill
Located in Chicago, IL
A tonal, watercolor of a steel mill by artist Harold Haydon. Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Chicago with his family in 191...
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1930s Modern Art

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Watercolor

Erotic Scene - Lithograph by Jean Cocteau - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is a Colored lithograph realized by Jean Cocteau (1889 -1963) in 1930 ca.  French draftsman, poet, essayist, playwright, librettist, film director. Not signed. Very Go...
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1930s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Bouquet by Sully Bersot - Oil on canvas 32x35 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Sully Bersot is a Swiss painter born in 20th century. The work is sold by frame, Total size with frame is 43,5x46,5 cm
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1930s Modern Art

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Oil

Teaching Drawing to Children - Drawing by Alexandre Lagrant - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Teaching Drawing to Children is a drawing artwork realized by Alexandre Lagrant in the early 20th Century. Pencil and ink drawing on paper. The state of preservation is good with s...
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1930s Modern Art

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Ink, Paper

The Wild Boars - Etching by Xavier de Poret - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
The Wild Boars is a B./W.  etching on paper realized on 1934 by the French artist Xavier de Poret. Hand Signed on the left and dated on the right corner.
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1930s Modern Art

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Etching

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